What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.
JEFF BEZOSWhat we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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We change our tools and then our tools change us.
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If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.
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People loved their horses, too. But you don’t keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.
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The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It’s the thing that people create.
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The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
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We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and thy’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.
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Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
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It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.
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Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
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Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.
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Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
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There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
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If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
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Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.
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Your brand is formed primarily, not by what your company says about itself, but what the company does.
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